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  • Updates Wednesday 8 November 2017

  1. Delays as five rail firms hit by strikespublished at 22:16 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017

    Rail passengers deal with delays and reduced services across five firms due to a RMT strike.

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  2. 'Curry smell' tenant ban unlawfulpublished at 19:11 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017

    Buy-to-let tycoon Fergus Wilson told a court his ban on renting to "coloured people" was not racist.

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  3. Racing driver recovers from 130mph smashpublished at 18:46 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017

    Rod Birley admits he is "extremely lucky" to be alive after the crash during a race on Sunday.

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  4. The football club with no gender pay gappublished at 18:46 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017

    Lewes FC has become the first team to completely eliminate any gender wage gap between their male and female players.

  5. Children in Need is coming to townpublished at 18:22 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    Here's Ellie Crisell and former JLS band member, JB Gill, with exciting news about this year's Children in Need.

  6. Murder arrest over railway track deathpublished at 18:01 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017

    Police believe a man whose body was found on a railway line was chased before his death.

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  7. Racing driver recovers from 130mph smash at Brands Hatchpublished at 17:23 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017

    Hamish Mureddu-Reid
    BBC News Online, South East

    A racing driver is recovering after his car span out of control and hit the pit wall at Brands Hatch at 130mph.

    Rod Birley, 62, from West Kingsdown in Kent, suffered concussion, bruised ribs and a bruised spleen in the high-speed crash during a race on Sunday.p05mbx21

  8. IRA blast pre-inquest hearings announcedpublished at 16:48 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017

    The Surrey Coroner says families of those who died will be asked for their submissions.

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  9. Man arrested after after death near railway stationpublished at 16:27 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017

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  10. Drivers accept Southern rail dealpublished at 16:12 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017

    The deal between Southern and the drivers' union includes a five-year pay increase worth 28.5%.

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  11. PC charged over indecent child imagespublished at 16:02 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017

    The Brighton-based officer has been suspended from his duty by Sussex Police.

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  12. St Kilda-inspired game gets live showpublished at 14:38 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017

    Dear Esther video game is set on an island based on the landscape of Boreray, in the remote St Kilda archipelago.

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  13. Deal agreed between Aslef union and Southern railpublished at 13:52 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017
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  14. Deal struck between Aslef union and Southern rail, BBC understandspublished at 13:39 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017
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  15. Man jailed for friend's hammer murderpublished at 13:31 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017

    Anthony Goodwin claimed he acted in self-defence when he beat Harry Messenger, 75, to death.

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  16. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmaspublished at 13:07 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017

    Yasmine Djadoudi
    BBC Live reporter

    This Sussex Christmas tree definitely wouldn't fit in your living room.

  17. Ferry firm removes 'death cliffs' photopublished at 12:00 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017

    DFDS posted the photo online to encourage French tourists to visit the Sussex coast.

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  18. Lewes lights up the skiespublished at 11:46 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    Witness the incredible sights and sounds of this year's Lewes Bonfire.

  19. Man jailed for life for murdering his friendpublished at 11:06 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017
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  20. 'Giving up my life to look after dad'published at 10:42 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017

    Ed Pearce, 13, is his dad's main carer after he suffered a stroke aged 38.

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